1834 - 1916 Person Name: Arthur H. Messiter Topics: Adoración; Worship; Amor de Dios; Love Of God; Apertura del Culto; Opening of Worship; Cantar Cristiano; Singing Composer of "MARION (Coro)" in Celebremos Su Gloria Arthur H. Messiter (b. Frome, Somersetshire, England, 1834; d. New York, NY, 1916) Educated by private tutors in England, he, immigrated to the United States in 1863 and had an active musical career in Philadelphia, which included an organist position at St. James the Less. At Trinity Church in New York City, he modeled with distinction the British cathedral tradition of music. Messiter was an editor of the Episcopal Hymnal (1893), compiled the Psalter (1889) and Choir Office Book (1891), and wrote a musical history of Trinity Episcopal Church, New York (1906).
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Arthur Henry Messiter